Berkshire Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout

Bottle shared by alexsdad06. Poured dark brown color with a large frothy brown head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate bourbon, roasted chocolate malt and licorice aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium bourbon, chocolate and roasted coffee bitter flavor with a medium bitter finish of moderate duration. Good drinkable complex beer.

Pours dark brown with a light brown head. Smells of oak, bourbon, toffee, some roasty hints, nutty. Tastes of roasted malt, some vanilla, oaky, dry, bourbony, some hints of molasses. Enjoyable.

Bottled. A dark brown beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes has notes of bourbon, malt, wood, roasted malt, and fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of fruit, roasted malt, alcohol, and bourbon, leading to a dry woody and bourbon finish. Thanks fonefan for sharing.

Near black with a medium beige creamy head. Flavour was sweet with roasted malt, brett and hints of lacto. Flavour had lacto, brett and hard roasted malt. I knew it this style would work so well. Nice one.

Bottle. Good bretty aroma, fruity, berrylike, quite unexpected. Almost black colour, red shine. Small stable light brown head. Good citric flavour, turning milder, more woody. There seemed to be a hint of vanilla at some point, but now it is gone. There is some roasted malt in there somewhere, it is not just sour. Very nicely balanced.

Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear brown with a reddish hue and a huge, rough shaving foam style head leaving laces. Distinct Bretty nose blending in with some Bourbon notes. Medium body, some hard roasted malts, licorice and a berry-like tartness. Subtle Bourbon accents and a lacto tartness. A little astringency in the finish. Clearly this was infected and I seriously doubt that it was intended, but it works little wonders. Nice one. 211009

Pouring at the Brass City Brew Fest from the secret bottle tucked away behind all of the regular stuff. Glad I got to try this one. See, taking notes in public does have it’s rewards. Pours a deep dark black with a thick tan head. Oily and viscous. Bourbon, roast, apple, wood, vanilla. Smells lovely. A little bit tangy and full of roast. Finishes up with a long slow roast bitterness. Really well done.

Bottle: The aroma consists of coffee and chocolate along with some sour notes that come across like a Flemish Sour. It pours a dark brown with no transparency and a moderate beige head. The flavor starts with chocolate and moderate cherry sourness. The finish has some light coffee and a hint of vanilla. It appears that it may be infected but it seems to work. Medium bodied with lively carbonation.